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American Literature (Modernism: :!?: A new way of looking at things; a…
American Literature
Modernism: :!?: A new way of looking at things; a rejection of tradition in favor of experimental writing and imagism influenced by Chinese poetry
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Ernest Hemingway :beer_mugs:(1899-1961): "Hills Like White Elephants" A couple discuss abortion with innuendo
Post-Modernism: :champagne: Even more complexity of thought; includes women of color and other minorities
Maxine Hong Kingston (1940-): The Woman Warriors: A autobiographical account of Kingston's aunt's suicide and shunning from her family; deals with topics of race, family, and culture and how they are in constant conflict with each other
Carmen Maria Machado (1986-) "Inventory": Post-apocalyptic setting, descriptions of sex and sexuality, going back to America's origins
Beyonce :explode:(1981-) "Sorry": Music video with enough images to overwhelm Ezra Pound; Black pride, infidelity, woman empowerment
Native American Narratives: :warning: Writings from American Indians that addressed issues of relocation and abuse from white Americans
Black Hawk (1767-1838): Black Hawk: A failed attempt to break away, gain independence from the Puritans/United States
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William Apess(1798-1839): An Indian's Looking-Glass for the White Man Essay that dealt with hypocrisy of church's religion and racism within America
African American Literature:!:Long line of African American writers discussing racial and cultural issues in the US; advocates of education and literature for the key to success
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W.E.B DuBois (1868-1963): Souls of Black Folk: Double consciousness: Black identity and American identity
Harlem Renaissance: The revival of the arts and music of African Americans; influenced by jazz and the blues
Langston Hughes(1902-1967): "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"; "I, Too" Powerful poetry depicting the lives of black people and celebrating their culture and race, i.e. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
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James Baldwin :star: (1924-1987): "Sonny's Blues" Talks about struggles of addiction and the healing power of music; writes about hometown of Harlem
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Exploration Narratives: :checkered_flag: First documents from America that gave accounts of travel and discovery; not considering thoughts or feelings of natives; completely one-sided view
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James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851): The Last of the Mohicans How white people viewed Native Americans at the turn of the century; also, conquering more territory from Native Americans
Realism: Mainly, novels that detailed real life; a reaction to Romanticism; focuses on immediate responses of the individual in society
Henry James (1843-1916): Daisy Miller: Story of an American girl in Europe that focused on class prejudice and female expectations
American Romanticism: :fire: Born from English Romanticism but broke from English literary traditions
Herman Melville (1819-1891): Benito Cereno--Made important advances in narrative forms, while also critiquing American politics by challenging notions of slave and master pre-Antebellum
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886): "Because I could not stop for Death"--Wrote poetry around the time Walt Whitman was writing poetry; remained largely unnoticed during her lifetime; focused on themes of love and isolation
Gothic Literature :<3: An extreme form of Romanticism that dealt with themes of horror, madness, and the sublime
Edgar Allen Poe :silhouettes:(1809-1849): "Fall of the House of Usher" Early American horror that uses suspense to challenge reader's perception, and shows how the senses mislead reason
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935): "The Yellow Wallpaper": Psychological short story that talks about mental illness and how it was treated at the time
Colonial/Captivity Narratives: :lock: Puritans writing about early New England life with deep ties to religion; collective/group mind set; first female writers in America but forcibly ignored
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The Enlightenment :unlock:(1700-1800): Liberal minded people that celebrated science and the human mind/reason; influential in both politics and culture
U.S. Declaration of Independence July 4th, 1776
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